WHAT'S NEW

My Bridge 4 Life wants the world to know that if you, or someone you care about, gets a life threatening diagnosis - we're here to help. We have a new video that we'd like you to see; it has some great feedback from some of our early Bridge Builders. We'd love to hear from you. Leave your comments here.

OVERVIEW

If you, or someone you know, has received a life threatening diagnosis, My Bridge 4 Life is here to help. We're an online and offline wellness program that takes the overwhelming nature of a major health crisis, divides it into manageable phases; helps set goals for each phase with you and your community, AND builds a wellness plan in the process.

MY BRIDGE PLAN

My Bridge Plan divides the overwhelming nature of a major health crisis into four manageable phase: Diagnosis, Treatment, Healing and Wellbeing. The phases enable you to address the differences between being 5 hours, 5 weeks or 5 years away from a diagnosis. My Bridge Plan is your personal and empowering wellness plan.

TIPS4LIFE

Tips4Life is a global database of real world wisdom, and a way for you to get advice from people who have been through what you are facing now. The Tips contributed by you and other members become a part of the Tips4Life library and are immediately made available for others to learn from. Give and receive Tips 4 Your Life today.

COMMUNITY

My Community is where you gather your strongest support group. Invite family, friends, supporters and your medical professionals to become a part of your wellness journey. You can share with your community through My Bridge Plan, My Blog and My Goals. And My Community's features allow you to easily contact one, several or all of your community members instantly.

BRIDGE BOOK

The Bridge Book takes My Bridge 4 Life offline and into your world. With a single click it turns your Bridge Plan into a printed book that can be brought to doctors' appointments to help keep track of critical information, questions and answers. It can serve as an inspiration during treatment. The Bridge Book has a scrapbook component where you, or members of your community, can craft empowering parts of your journey in creative ways.

Health care providers have long known that patients with chronic or life-threatening diseases benefit from support groups made up of people who can sympathize and empathize with them.

"User-generated content can help inform the decisions a patient makes", Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

"The great thing about social media is you can produce content for people who have a condition and want to be better-informed patients, or family members who want to educate themselves.", Lee Aase - Mayo Clinic's manager of syndication and social media.

"[Social media] empowers you to make the decision that's right for you", Rama Jayanti of Cleveland State University medical research group. "It lets you know that you're not alone, you're not in it by yourself. You get a feeling of, 'Well, they're helping me,' and maybe I'm helping them too."

"Right now, 75 percent of Americans go online for their health problems, and as a result social networks have become powerful players in patient education and outcome", Dr. Leslie Anne Saxon, Head of Cardiology at USC Keck School of Medicine